﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿A University of Iowa﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿ study found that the employees with sit-stand desks burned up to 87 more calories a day than their sitting counterparts—a small but significant amount that researchers say could be important in fighting the obesity epidemic in the United States. Dr. Lucas Carr, an assistant professor in the Department of Health and Human Physiology and member of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative at the UI. "Our findings are important because they support redesigning the traditionally sedentary office environment as a .... ﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿Read More﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿